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... deemed better than their regular rations , pigs , poultry , & c . , would be seized and used by the sol- diers . The ready excuse was that their supplies had not come up , and they had orders to get their subsistence where they could ...
... deemed better than their regular rations , pigs , poultry , & c . , would be seized and used by the sol- diers . The ready excuse was that their supplies had not come up , and they had orders to get their subsistence where they could ...
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... deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled , for the defense of such State , or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace , except such number only as , in the judgment of the ...
... deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled , for the defense of such State , or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace , except such number only as , in the judgment of the ...
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... deemed the district ac- cepted by this act for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States . SEC . 3 ... deem proper for the use of the United States ; and , according to such plans as the President shall approve , the said ...
... deemed the district ac- cepted by this act for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States . SEC . 3 ... deem proper for the use of the United States ; and , according to such plans as the President shall approve , the said ...
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... deemed necessary , to define their jurisdiction and prescribe their duties ; but justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any controversy in which the title of land may be in dispute , or in which the debt or sum claimed ...
... deemed necessary , to define their jurisdiction and prescribe their duties ; but justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any controversy in which the title of land may be in dispute , or in which the debt or sum claimed ...
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... deemed guilty of a crime , and shall for such crime be liable to prosecution in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction , and , on conviction thereof , shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars , or ...
... deemed guilty of a crime , and shall for such crime be liable to prosecution in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction , and , on conviction thereof , shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars , or ...
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Page 12 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 1 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Page 2 - No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such State, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted...
Page 1 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 1 - No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 2 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence, or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to, or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall,...
Page 12 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever, ARTICLE IV.
Page 421 - ... before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survive, an action may be commenced by his representatives, after the expiration of that time and within one year from his death.
Page 8 - SEC. 4. The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 5 - ... of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the voice of nine states in the congress of the united states assembled, is requisite.